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The elevator opened, but before I could step out, Jason clamped a hand on my shoulder. I almost melted under the heat of his palm and the strength of his grip. What would it be like to have both of his hands on me, holding me tight, not letting me move as he—
Vance slid past me, followed by the twins. They dropped their bags and spread out, moving silently through my place. It was eerily similar to how I’d watched them approach an unknown site in the field.
Wait a second…
“Are they seriously sweeping my penthouse?” I asked with an aggrieved huff. “It’s mine. It’s safe. No one’s going to jump out at you here.” I prudently held back the ‘except maybe me.’ It’s like they didn’t know me at all—hello, electronics whiz here—but then I realized that my snooping didn’t go both ways and deflated.
“Let them.” Jason skimmed his hand along my upper back, his fingertips gliding across my nape before drifting down my spine. “It makes us more comfortable. Plus,” he continued as he nudged me out of the elevator, “they’ve given us a moment of privacy.”
Privacy? What? I rubbed my forehead and eyes. God, why was I still tired? And hot? Needing to shake off the strange lethargy and lingering brain fog, I drifted into the kitchen, heading for the coffeepot, then changed course and grabbed my water bottle. “What for?”
“River, don’t you think you have something you need to tell me?”
Turning around, I nearly collided with Jason. I stared up into the Alpha’s golden eyes, feeling small and weak, overheated, and really, really horny. “I was hoping.” Biting my lower lip drew Jason’s gaze to my mouth, and I shivered as desire coursed molten-hot under my skin.
“You want this? Us?”
I couldn’t lie, and so I nodded.
Jason’s nostrils flared as he grabbed my arm, firmly but also amazingly gently. “Words, River. Let me hear you, because if this happens like I think it will, there won’t be any going back.”
He knew. Somehow, in a matter of minutes, Jason deduced my plan and was giving me a chance to back out. But it was my plan… and they were my pack. I nodded again. “Yes. Please. I want this. I want you.” I’d meant you in the plural tense, but the explanation got stuck in my throat when Jason’s lips curled into a wide smile.
He plucked the water bottle out of my hand before linking his fingers with mine. “You’d better show me your room then.”
“Okay,” I whispered, leading him out of the kitchen, past the oversized couch in my living room, and up the stairs to my loft bedroom. Vance stuck his head out of my office as we passed and fell in behind Jason.
The twins flanked the bottom step, their intense gazes set on me. I nearly swooned under the wave of their pheromones, combined with both Jason’s and Vance’s. “Alpha?” Jules asked, his eyes darting to where I held Jason’s hand. “Is River ours as well?”
I twisted to look at Jason, finding his gaze locked on me as well. He squeezed my hand, giving tacit permission for me to answer. “Yes,” I answered, and repeated myself as I peered at Vance, Jules, and finally, Auggie, before ascending the stairs to my bedroom.
“Big bed,” Vance commented.
Standing by the chest I kept at the foot of the bed, I peeked over my shoulder at Vance. “For all of us.”
Growls of want poured from all four men. They stalked closer, shuffling into a circle around me, surrounding me with the scent of their arousal. My rigid cock jerked, and slick leaked from my ass, adding to the chaos of pheromones. “Oh, God,” I whimpered. “Please.”
Jason stroked my cheek with the back of his fingers, the gesture oddly soothing until he barked, “Undress him.”
Jules and Auggie reeled off, “Yes, Alpha!” then peeled my hoodie over my head, stripping me bare before my pack. I shuddered, overheated in the chill room, goose bumps erupting across my forearms. They knelt, pawing at my pants, getting them down, and helping me out of them. All the while, their noses brushed my skin as they inhaled my scent. They sniffed and licked, locking their hands around my ankles and spreading my legs.
Vance stood on my left, lapping and gnawing gently at my neck as Jason watched. The Alpha pulled in lungful after lungful of air as he stared at me, his golden eyes hooded with lust. His fingers twitched as if he was barely holding himself back from taking what he wanted. Me. He wanted me.
At long last, he reached for me, gripping my chin in the palm of his hand while Vance grabbed a fistful of my hair.
“Are you sure, little Omega? Are you sure you want us? We’ve played with others. I think you know this, but you handpicked us, and we’re a pack now. Your pack. But if we go through with this, here and now, there won’t be any going back. The only place we’ll be going is home to pack up our shit so we can move in here. We’re going to keep you busy in and out of bed.”
“What about our missions?” I panted, barely able to get the words out, drowning in his scent, in his dominance. In his possession.
“Missions?” he chuckled. “There won’t be any more missions. We’re done. We’ve already talked about it. This last one was fucked from the get-go, and we only made it out because of you. I’m done risking the lives of my pack for their foolishness. We just needed a reason to say no more. You’re our reason. If they still want you to work, that’s up to you, but it won’t be the same. It won’t be us you’re watching over.”
“No.” I shook my head. “I won’t do it. You’re mine.” I reached for Jason’s nape and the GPS locator embedded under his skin. Twice, I tapped it, and from below us, from my computer room, I heard the double deep. “You’re all mine. My team. Evermore.”
Jason’s eyes widened; Vance’s did as well. Jules and Auggie both fingered their necks, finding the chips beneath their skin and tapping on them, eliciting a riot of tones that echoed into the loft.
“Well, shit,” Auggie muttered and laughed. “All this time, you’ve been spying on us, little bug.”
Vance roared with laughter. “Fucking A. All this time.” He shook his head slowly, but there was a broad smile on his face. “I’ve been a little in love with you for a while, and I thought I must be fucking crazy to be in love with a voice. Knowing why and how, and now meeting you, it all makes sense. My Omega, I’m yours.” He tugged me away from Jason, tilted my chin, and kissed me deeply and thoroughly.
